Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-13
VETOED
The Bill POstponing the Forced COL
lection Of Taxes Until Septem-
Der Vetoed by Gov. Ross.
1t is COhstitutiOnalIy Objectionable
and WOuld Prove Disastrous TO
the States Finances.
The Drouth Districts Night Havs Been Re
nevea by Special Aids without Az
fecting The state
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, April Ex-Governor
Ross to-day vetoed the bill postponing
tax sales The following is the text of
the Governors veto of the bill postponing
the forced collection of taxes until Sep
TENDER.
Proclamation by the Governor of Texas:
Whereas, the regular session of the
Twentieth Legislature, which assembled
in the city of Austin, the IIth day of
January, A. ID. 1887, and adjourned on
the 4th day of April, \. d. 1887, passed 8
Senate substitute for House bill No. 3S5,
an set to postpone the sale of real
and personal property OF resident owners
for taxes assessed for the year A. D. 1886
until the first Monday in September, 4.
D. 1887, and
Whereas, the said act was presented TO
me for my approval on the said 4th day
of April, the same day of the adjourn
ment of the Legislature which preciuded
my return of the same to the House in
which it originated with my objections
thereto; and
Whereas, after materially considering
SAID act l am compelled from sense of
public duty to withhold my approval of
the same, and having this day fled in
the Office Of the Secretary of State as re-
quired by the cOnsu utiOn said act with
my objections thereto, now
Therefore, l, Lawrence Sullivan Ross,
Governor OF Texas, do hereby announce,
publish and proclaim my disapprOyal of
said act for the reasons aforesaid, and
set forth as follows, tO-wit:
Hon. John VI Moore, Secretary of State:
SIR: I return herewith and file in your
office the Senate substitute to House bill
No. $50, which was presented TO me for
approval at 20 minutes after II
O'clock /. m. on the 4th day
of April, 1887, with the following
objections, to wit:
]. The provisions of this bill are, TO my
mind, clearly yiOlatiye of the provision of
the federal constitution, wAich gUaran-
tees to the citizens OF each state all the
privileges ami immuuities as the citizens
IN the several states, the main object of
which section, as construed by some of
the courts, wide Desty Federal COnsti-
tuition, cages 234 and 1861, was TO pre-
vent each state from discrimination in
favor Of its own people or
against those of any other
state, and from denying the citizens
of other states all immunities and privi-
leges by it's own most favored class. This
bill provides that this act shall only
extend and apply to citizens residing IN
Texas, and not to nOn-residents of the
state of Texas having property in the
state on which tax is due, thus exempt
ing from forced sale of taxes for q
specific period of time the property of
our own citizens, and leaving the tax
gatherer with unrestricted power to seize
and sell the property of nOn-TesidentS for
the taxes assessed theron. II is true
that these nOn-residentS may not be
suffering from the CalamitieS from which
some of our own people are labOTing and
need no favor OF government in alleviat-
ing their distress. While some of our
own citizens in special localities will be
greatly embarrassed by an enforced col
lee ion OF taxes a. this time, this state of
flcts constitutes q strong appeal to our
sense Of humanity as citizens, and it is g
matter of extreme regret with me that
this constitutional difficulty IS encoun-
tered in the examination of this measure
designed for this relief. But as our federal
constitution is q rule for our guidance
as well as our state organic law, enter
talhing the view that do as to It's con-
SCruclOn, would De constrained to
withhold my approval of this bill on this
ground alone without regard to other OBJ
jectiOns as to the impolicy of the
measure.
2. 1t is known, however, that the effect
of this bill, if it became a law, would
prove disastrous to the financial opera
tions of the government and would prove
seriously prejudicial to the public inter-
ests. Immediately upon It's taking effect
the collection of taxes upon property
would naturally cease. The balance now
at the Treasury availa5leEfor current ap-
preparations and expenditures will not
suffice for these purposes for longer pc
Rod than three months at furthesJ, and
under the operations of this bill it could
hardly be anticipated that the ordinary
current of revenue would begin to flow
aga into the Treasury before about the
1st of November next, as advertisement
and sales COnid not be perfected until
about the lst of October and collectors
under the present laws would have
until November l to make settle
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